Why must it alumnus? Why is it not 19 year old man? Also, almost one year after matric, he must have an up to date publicly available photo where he is not in his old uniform. Izimanga zabelungu get sanitized by the mainstream media. Lousy reporting overall.
What you're watching is a 24-year-old whose brain was hemorrhaging while his body kept boxing.
Simiso Buthelezi was winning this fight. Dominated all 10 rounds. His trainer said he barely took a clean shot. In the final round, he knocked his opponent through the ropes. When the ref separated them, Buthelezi turned around and started throwing full combinations at an empty corner. Back to his opponent. Punching air.
The neuroscience of what's happening here is the part that stays with you. Boxing drills combinations into procedural memory, stored in the basal ganglia and cerebellum. Those motor circuits can fire without conscious input. When a brain bleed compresses the prefrontal cortex, spatial awareness goes first. Decision-making goes next. But the motor strip, located in the posterior frontal cortex, is often the last region to lose blood supply. So the body keeps executing the only pattern it knows.
He wasn't confused. He was already gone. The body just hadn't received the message yet.
Buthelezi was placed in a medically induced coma and died two days later. Record was 4-0. Never lost a professional fight. He was 24.
The part that makes this the darkest moment in the sport: the brain bleed wasn't caused by a visible punch from his opponent. His trainer confirmed nothing unusual happened in the fight. No heavy blows. Perfect health going in. The brain can hemorrhage from cumulative subclinical impacts across hundreds of rounds of sparring, or a vascular malformation that ruptures under the adrenaline and exertion of competition.
The punch that killed Simiso Buthelezi might not have been one he took. It might have been one he threw.
Her name was Josie. She was a 17-year-old blind lioness in South Africa. Her two daughters hunted for her every day. They also used her to hunt. Prey would freeze and stare at the blind lioness while Dawn and Duffy snuck around and attacked from behind.
She lived in Addo Elephant National Park. She was put down this past October. She was older than almost any wild lioness on record. The oldest ever was a lioness called Mathata. She made it to 19. Most wild lionesses only make it to 15 or 16. Josie spent her last five years nearly blind, and she still got there.
Her right eye went first. Then her left started to fade. She would stumble sometimes as she walked. She'd call out softly so she could follow Dawn and Duffy by their voices.
Lions usually don't look after their sick or injured. Wild animals rarely do.
In May 2019, Josie had three grown sons. All three were sedated for a move to another reserve. One brother took longer than the other two to come out of it. He was groggy. He wobbled when he tried to stand up. His two brothers killed him right there on the spot.
Her daughters did the opposite, and the reason has a name. Biologists call it kin selection. A biologist named Bill Hamilton wrote it up in 1964. You share a lot of your genes with your kids, your siblings, your parents. So if you help those people survive, you're helping some of your own genes survive. Evolution rewards that.
Female lions stay in the pride they're born into for life. Males leave. So a daughter grows up next to her mother. She shares her mother's genes. Helping her mother stay alive helps keep those genes going. A son doesn't get that same payoff. He'll be forced out of the pride eventually. A brother who can't walk straight won't help him survive what comes after.
Josie lived past the age any wild lion has any right to reach, nearly blind, in the company of the two animals who had the most reason in the world to keep her alive.
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His demeanour throughout came across as pompous and aloof, with a confidence that felt rooted in the belief that victims are rarely believed.
For a long time, systems protected their own. This outcome shows that times are changing. ⚖️
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Kanye West is 48 years old
Youngest son Psalm's name draws from the Book of Psalms in the Bible, celebrating him as a blessing
In 2015, the family traveled to Jerusalem to baptize North West
His daughter Chicago is named after Kanye's hometown
Kanye personally chose son Saint's name for its spiritual significance
North West's name means "highest point"
Kim said she and Kanye saw her as their peak together
Kanye himself, wrote poetry starting at age 5 and began rapping in third grade
As a kid in China (where his mom taught), Kanye made local kids trade sheep skewers just to watch him breakdance
He dropped out of college but once worked as a telemarketer to pay his mom $200 monthly rent
As a kid, Kanye programmed a video game in seventh grade
Kanye and Kim reportedly owned multiple Burger King franchises in Europe at one point
The family made random, hilarious surprise appearances together in Nickelodeon comedy skits tied to the Kids' Choice Awards
North West has shown her dad's outspoken side, leading to funny parenting moments like Kim correcting her on asking fans for money
Kanye's mother, Donda passed away on November 10, 2007 at age 58 from complications following cosmetic surgery
Her death led to the "Donda West Law" in California, requiring medical clearances before certain procedures
She loved watching Kanye perform and was his biggest fan in the early days
Kanye named his 10th album Donda in her honor and included her voice clips and speeches on it
Kanye has expressed wanting his Yeezy brand to one day be passed down as a family legacy to his kids
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The most recent and obvious shift that we all witnessed in Kanye West's journey is the intentionality of spirituality.
And I guess that's what he brought unto his latest show performance.
From all what we've seen above, you'd understand why Kanye @kanyewest doesn't really care much about what people think, and just focuses intensely on his family and his brand.
With a deep connection to his mother, you'd realise why he is very particular about his children.
Yunno.... The bonding, the public appearances, the whole "I'm doing this for the legacy building"
And I think it's pretty cool
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As a person, I think the biggest feel of accomplishment is building something that generations after you, would want to attach themselves to it's meaning, purpose and legacy.
It's the highest feel a person can get
And certainly one of the most (if not the most) fulfilling things you can do while on Earth
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✍️ Vincent the Therapist